Talk:Soviet atrocities committed against prisoners of war during World War II

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... that during World War II, Soviet atrocities against prisoners of war included the murder of tens of thousands of Polish and hundreds of thousands of Axis (mostly German) soldiers? Source: https://www.google.co.kr/books/edition/From_Incarceration_to_Repatriation/8t3zEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Overmans+German+POWs+death+toll+million&pg=PA2&printsec=frontcover and https://books.google.com/books?id=PZXvUuvfv-oC&dq=Soviet+invasion+of+Poland+1939&pg=PA20 , among others
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_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:15, 24 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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Overall: Looks great! Very good work, thank you. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 17:38, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who considers Polish partisans POWs?

Re: this. Good question. @Marcelus @Anonimu. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:28, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Anonimu To be honest, I don't understand the problem and I need more explanations. Why wouldn’t members of the Home Army captured during the war be considered prisoners of war? Marcelus (talk) 09:32, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Even today, after the 1949 Geneva Convention, there are several conditions for a captured fighter to be considered a POW. Before and during WW2, irregulars (including the Home Army) were not generally considered actual soldiers, and were not considered POWs when captured (even less so when the capturing party was also irregular). Thus, we need a reliable source designating them as such.Anonimu (talk) 09:51, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t fully understand why the legal definition of prisoners of war should be decisive. Following this line of reasoning, before the Hague Convention, we wouldn’t have been able to write about prisoners of war at all. Beyond any doubt, the fact remains that murdering captured soldiers from the opposing army qualifies as a war crime against prisoners. Marcelus (talk) 15:02, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]